Caught Redheaded
Later that night...
Tony lies under the covers in bed. Ziva walks out of the bathroom, she pulls out a hair clip, letting her hair fall, she tosses it on the dresser and slides off a pair of swear pants, leaving them where they fall. The shirt she's wearing drops to her mid-thigh.
"Heh. I love the Super Bitch t-shirt Abby gave you."
"It fits me, yes?"...she grinned
"Come here."
Ziva slowly crawls up the bed...she lets out a "meow!"
"Heh. Here kitty, kitty!"
She reaches Tony and nibbles on his chin.
"Aww, no dessert until you open your last gift."...Tony hands her the box from earlier.
"I totally forgot about that."...as she sits back on her heels taking the box...she opens it very quickly.
She take the lid off and inside is a pair of extremely tiny pink panties...she looks at panties, then at Tony..."You got me pink butt floss?"
"Heh. There's more."
Ziva drops the panties and pulls out a wooden case..."What is it?"
"Open it."
She slowly opens it and then looks at Tony over the opened box top..."It's HUGE!"
She takes the gun out of the box and pulls back on the slide..."Wow, powerful. 44, yes?"
Tony nods.
She points it down..."It's in mint condition, I don't think it's been fired before."
She places the gun back in the box and grabs the panties with her left hand and slowly slide back off the bed.
"Do you like it?"...She places the box on the dresser, she opens her left hand letting the panties drop to the ground, she bends over grabbing them and she slowly starts to put them on.
Tony stares at her..."Heh. I'll take that as a yes."
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The elevator dings and McGee gets off the elevator, he sits at his desk and takes out an alka-seltzer from his pocket and drops it in a glass of water. He burps, then whirls the glass and chugs it all in one gulp..."Ugh."
He lays his head down and burps again.
The elevator dings and Tony and Ziva get off...Ziva walks over to McGee..."You ok, Tim?"...McGee raises his hand and waves it, then puts it back up his head.
Ziva shrugs and walks back to her desk...as McGee burps again..."Excuse you, McGee!"
McGee is silent...as Tony looks through his desk..."You know where that snickers bar I had went, Z?"
"I ate it."
"Oh. You got anything?"
"Nope, you just ate 3 bacon, egg and cheese biscuits."
"I'm still hungry...ooh, I found some tic tacs.."...as he holds them up, but Ziva grabs them.
"Don't eat those, go get some from the vending machine."
McGee burps again..."You're killing my appetite, McBurpy."
Tony gets up and heads towards the break room...but stops..."Do you have any change, Z?"
"I forgot, they don't throw coins at manwhores, just paper money."...as she joins him.
Tony shudders...
"What?"...as they walk
"Just remembering how tight the underwear was."
"HAHA."
"What? Oh yeah, pink butt floss."...as she slaps him.
"I deserved that."...as they disappear through a doorway
The elevator dings...A man in a suit with 2 uniformed D.C. police officers walk off..."I'm detective Frank Hobbs, I'm looking for Leroy Jethro Gibbs."
McGee raises his head points upstairs...they begin to walk upstairs as McGee picks up his phone.
They walk into Cynthia's office and the detective flips her his badge..."You can't go in there."...as he opens the door.
"Who the hell are you?"...Gibbs holds up his phone, McGee's voice is on the other end.
"I'm detective Frank Hobbs and you're wanted for questioning in the murder of Hollis Mann."
"What!?"...as Gibbs stands.
"Your wife has already been arrested for her murder. Please come with me."
Gibbs and the police officers walk down the stairs...
"McGee, find DiNozzo and tell him to come and get my ass."
"On it, Boss."...as McGee runs out to find Tony, they leave via elevator
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Jenny sits in an interrogation room alone, her hands are cuffed as a man in a suit and black woman stand looking through a 2-way mirror.
"Is this the woman you saw driving away?"
"It looks like her, she did have a hat on, but it does look like her."
"Thank you, ma'am."
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Detective Hobbs places Gibbs in a different room..."Sit."
"Where's my wife?"
"I told you to sit."
Gibbs stares at him..."You can't pull this crap on me."
"Sit your ass down or I'll make sure your wife's stay is a living hell."
Gibbs hands' shake and the veins in his forehead bulge out, as he reluctantly sits down, his eyes burning holes in Detective Hobbs.
"Your wife has no alibi, she's been Identified in two security cams in her 2017 Cadillac Escalade."...he tosses a pic of a license plate in front of Gibbs..."That's your wife's license plate number, isn't?"...he then tosses a picture of a redheaded woman in a ballcap climbing into the Cadillac Escalade..."That looks like your wife to me and here's what she did."...He tosses 4 pics of Hollis Mann's body brutally stabbed and slashed..."We found her in the bushes outside a 7/11...and here's my favorite picture."...He tosses down a picture of the redheaded woman with a bloody knife in hand...and oh yeah, a woman just came forward saying she saw your wife driving an Escalade from the scene of the crime."
"It's not her."
"You're joking right?"
"It can't be, she's been set up."
"Ahh, of course she has."
"Where were you on Friday night from 12:17a.m. to 12:21a.m.?"
"In bed with my wife."
"We're you asleep?"
"I guess."
"Then how do you know she was in bed with you?"
"She's innocent, damn it!"
"So, someone who looks exactly like her stole your wife's car without you knowing, drove to kill Hollis Mann, who you were in a relationship once, correct? Then drove it back to your place and set up your wife perfectly?"
Gibbs just stares at the pictures.
"Oh, did I mention, we found blood inside your wife's escalade and we're running it now?"
"She didn't do it."
"Ok, she's free to go."...as he walks towards the door..."On second thought, lets charge with her first degree murder."...he slams his hands down on the table..."She's gonna get the needle, Mr. Gibbs."
"It seems you have some friends in high places, Special Agent DiNozzo."
"Cut the crap, release Gibbs now, Detective Hobbs."
"I can't do that, we just got the DNA back from the lab, I asked Detective Jessica Johnson to be here to tell you the results."
"Results for what?"
"We got a match to a Leroy Jethro Gibbs."
"What kind of match?"
"Seminal, it was inside Hollis Mann."
"What!?"
She hands the report to Tony..."Our medical examiner's findings show that Hollis Mann had sex 4-6 hours before her death and Leroy Jethro Gibbs' seminal fluid was found inside her."
Tony lifts the page and shakes his head..."I'd like my M.E. to look at the body."
"Yes, of course. I've been told to cooperate with you fully. I'll also send you samples of everything we found, including the video/audio tapes from the autopsy."
"She was stabbed how many times?"
"10, all in the head and chest region."
"It seems Mr. Gibbs will be staying with us for a little bit longer."
"He's the director of NCIS."
"I don't care, he's mine for 72 hours."
"Don't push me, detective."
"Is that a threat?"
"I don't make threats, only promises."
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Detective Hobbs walks into the interrogation room with Jenny
"So, you killed her because your husband was having an affair with her?"
"What?"
"We found your husband's seminal fluid in the victim. He was cheating on you, you found out, you killed her."
"He was cheating on me?"
"Yes and you killed her for it."
"I didn't kill anyone, where's my husband?"
"Probably thinking about his next one night stand."...as he leaves.
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Detective Hobbs walks back in with Gibbs..
"So, you rekindled your relationship with Hollis Mann, huh?"
"What?"
"We found your seminal fluid inside her dead body."
Gibbs looks up at him and stares...
"What happened, your wife not putting out, so you went back to one that would? Then she found out and killed her?"
"I haven't even seen Mann in like 10 years!"
"Well, that was one helluva sex session then."…He leaves slamming the door.
The door into the room where Gibbs is opens and Tony walks through.
"DiNozzo, get me out of here."
"I'm trying, Boss...but this bastard is gonna hold you for 72 hours."
Tony sits from across Gibbs..."They're taping this, Tony."
Tony nods..."We both know Jenny didn't kill Mann."
Gibbs reaches out his hand and grabs Tony's hand..."Before you ask, I DID NOT cheat on my wife Tony."
"I wasn't going to ask, I already know the answer, Boss."
"Find this bastard, DiNozzo."
"Ducky should be getting her body any minute, he'll find something. Abby, too."
Tony rises from his chair..."I'm counting on you, Tony."
"I won't let you down, Boss."...as Tony leaves through the door.
Gibbs puts his head down and sighs...
Tony stops, turns around..."Boss."
Gibbs looks to his right and looks up at Tony..."I was taught by the best, remember?"...Tony stands there for a second then leaves.
Tony steps off the elevator….
"The body arrived 5 minutes ago, Tony."
"Good, I want you and McGee to..."...Tony over at McGee's desk..."Where the hell is Tim?"
"He went home, he was sick."
"Of all the days to get sick. Damn it!"
"It's just me and you, Tony."
"I just got off the phone with the SecNav, he got us permission to search Hollis Mann's residence, but it's with Army CID Lt. Colonel Amy Lyons. Damn, did McGee say what was wrong with him?"
"Stomach flu, I think."
"Are Ruby and Timmy sick, too?"
"No idea."
Tony runs his fingers through his hair..."The biggest case in NCIS history and we have only two investigators."
Ziva comes up behind Tony and hugs him..."Calm. Calm yourself, Tony."
Tony places his arms over Ziva's arms..."Thanks."...Tony pauses..."Gear up."
Ziva moves to her desk and takes her gun from her drawer and grabs her bag...and they both leave via the elevator
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"Special Agent DiNozzo, I presume?"
"Yes."...Showing her his badge..."Lt. Colonel Lyons?"
"Yes, call me Amy."...She looks at Ziva..."And you are?"
"With him."
"Did you go inside yet, Amy?"
"No, we waited, I know how important this is too you, but I run this, from beginning to end."
"Fine with me."
One of Lyon's men is about to bust down the door."
"Wait, you don't have a key?"
"No."
"Ziva, if you would."...Ziva walks past the man with the battering ram and quickly unlocks it.
"Ta-da!"...and Ziva opens it.
"Work smarter, not harder."...as Tony follows Ziva into Mann's apartment.
"What's that smell?"
"It's gun oil...you're in the Army, right?"...as Ziva turned to one of Lyon's men.
"Come on, Z. Lets leave the nice men with automatic rifles alone."...as Tony pulls Z towards the bedroom.
Tony steps through the bedroom door..."Yellow bedding?"
Ziva shudders..."That's worse than pink."
Tony starts opening Mann's dresser drawers, finding nothing..."Find anything, Z?"
Ziva looks through her nightstand..."Nothing other than she was a normal girl, nail polish, hand creams, sex toys."
"Sex toys?"...he turns towards Ziva..."Nevermind."
"Good choice."
"Special Agent DiNozzo?"
"Yes?"...Tony and Ziva together.
"You'll probably want to see this."
Tony and Ziva walk out the bedroom door and move down the hall into another bedroom, there are hundreds of candles, the walls are covered in pictures of Gibbs.
"Obsessed much?"...as Tony starts taking pictures.
"What is that?"...Lyon's point to chair-like piece of furniture on the ground.
"I think it's called, sex chair."...Tony lifts it up..."Yup."...as he points to the Sex Chair logo on the underneath of it.
Tony sets down his kit and gets out his black light and shines it on the sex chair..."Got some biological traces here."...Tony takes a q-tip and gathers some up..."Remind me to tell McGee how much he's worth the next time I see him, Z."
They continue searching the house, but find nothing.
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Tony arrives in Abby's lab
"Got something else for you to test, Abs."...handing her the q-tip and a caf-pow.
She takes a huge drink...sucking on the straw for a good 10 seconds..."Thanks, Tony, I really needed that."
"Get anything from the samples D.C. crime lab sent ya?"
"Still not back yet, but her hands had traces of thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid and so on."
"Bar mix?"
"Yep."
"Is there anything in the report about her being at a bar?"
"None at all."
Tony kisses her cheek..."Let me know when you get those results in, good job, Abby."
"Are they going to be ok, Tony?"
"You have my word on it, Abs."...as Tony leaves.
Tony steps off the elevator into the squad-room.
"Ducky wants to see us, Tony."...Tony quickly stops the elevator doors from closing as Ziva runs over.
The doors opens as Ziva's cell rings, she answers it..."Ziva."...She pushes Tony out the door and the doors close.
Tony walks through the sliding doors..."You wanted to see me, Duck?"
"Yes, indeed...I think Mann was killed by a professional."
"A professional?"
"From reading the report, she had a half liter of blood left in her body and the ambulance arrived 3 minutes after the 911 call. The average female has 4 and half liters of blood in their body."
"So, she lost 4 liters of blood in like 5 minutes?"
"Yes, look here."...Ducky points to her neck..."The blade entered through the left anterior neck and severed the left common carotid artery."
"In English, Duck."
"The blade nearly made it completely through her neck, but if you look at the wounds on her chest."...He points to them..."They're basically superficial, hesitant, if you will."
"So, you think she killed her with the first blow and then kept stabbing her to make it look like she wasn't a professional?"
"Precisely, Anthony...the knife wound to her carotid artery was perfect placed, the other wounds are meaningless...just for show."
The door opens as Ziva walks through the door..."Ziva..."
"Yes, exactly, like Ziva...an assassin."
"What Ducky?"
"Oh, my apologies...I didn't know you were there, Ziva."
"Ruby said McGee was taken to the hospital, Tony."
"Why, what happened?"
"He apparently passed out on his way home, crashing his car."
"Is he alright?"
"She didn't know, I told her we'd meet her over there."
"Go, I'll take care of this, go check on Timothy."
"Tony! Over here!"
They all look at the plasma on the wall...Abby is on it..."I got news, I just looked at seminal fluid the CSI sent over and it's been frozen."
"Frozen?"
"Yeah, like at a sperm clinic...it showed higher traces glucose, which happens when things are frozen, plus there's."
"You just made Gibbs' days, Abby."...as they leave.
"Hey, I wasn't done yet, Ducky."
"McGee was in an accident, Abigail."
"Is he going to be ok!?"
"We can only hope and pray, dear."
A woman wearing a Nationals' ballcap steps inside a door.
"You haven't been talking have you?"...a woman's voice comes from the darkness.
The woman takes off her ballcap and her long red hair falls past her holders..."Naw, not a soul."...in a thick Irish accent.
"Good."...as a woman walks into view, her long dark hair falls past her bra strap...she walks down two steps..."And your other assignment?"
"Oi did waaat yer asked, small pinch on the lad's biscuits, he shud be feelin' it roun' nigh."
"Are you ok?"
"Oi'm a wee starval, oi cud go for a sangwidge an' a guiness.."
"I think that can be arranged. Come."...as the screen turns to black as she starts to turn around.
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Tony and Ziva arrive at the hospital
"Tony, they won't tell me anything."...as she hugs him.
"It's gonna be ok, Ruby."...she cries on his shoulder.
"Doctor, one second."...as he pulls away from Ruby.
"Yes?"
"I'm Special Agent Anthony Dinozzo, NCIS."...he shows him his badge..."Who's treating Timothy McGee?"
"That was would be me, I'm going to see him now, we just got the labs back from his blood work."
They walk towards together..."Can you tell me what happened?"
"The officers who found him thought he was drunk, but when he wouldn't respond, they called an ambulance. We pumped his stomach and according to his labs, we has severe case of salmonella poisoning."
"He has food poisoning?"
"His wife indicate he was fine before he left for work, she then said he called her just after getting to work saying cookies he ate made him sick. We're testing his stomach contents."...they walk into the room where McGee is lying in bed.
"Why is he unconscious?"
"When we put the tube down his throat, he complained of severe pain, so we gave him morphine drip, he's been out for the past hour or so."
"What about the salmonella?"
"We've put him on Kanamycin and Gentamycin, we just have to wait and see if they break his fever. Please, I must be going."
The doctor leaves as a nurse changes an IV...Tony leans down..."You can beat this, Tim."...He then pats Tim on the top of his head..."Hear me, Probie?"...He then leaves..
Tony stands at the front desk as they Gibbs comes out from the interrogation area.
Detective Hobbs is right behind him.
"Good to see you free, Boss."
"This stinks, only reason he's out-a here is because you went over my head, he's guilty as much as his bitch."
Tony takes a step towards Hobbs..."Say that again, to my face."...as they stand face to face.
"Yeah, I'm not gonna throw hands with you in my own house."
"We can step outside...anytime, anywhere."
Gibbs grabs Tony..."Not now, DiNozzo."...as Gibbs pulls Tony out of the police station double doors.
"And mess up my suit? HA! Don't make me laugh. Your boss just saved your sorry ass, buddy."
"You should be more worried about your face."...as Ziva slowly turns and follows them out the door.
"What the hell were you thinking?"
"About whipping his ass."
"Just what Jenny doesn't need, Tony."
"You're right."
Ziva comes up on Tony's side and holds his hand.
"I'd like to be in on the investigation, Tony."
"No, Gibbs, you're way too involved."
"Tony...like you said, we're down to 2 investigators."
Tony stops..."Fine, you want to run it, too? It is your wife, after all."
"No, that's on you, Tony."
"You sure, Boss?"
"No, but I'll live with it."...Gibbs pauses as they get into Tony's car..."How did you get me out?"
"Seems Mann was a tad bit obsessed with you, Boss."
"We went back over to Mann's place and we searched her freezer, nothing was out of the ordinary until we saw what looked like an opened orange juice concentrate...so, we look at the package, it was from 2007. We opened it up and we found 4 vials filled with semen, your semen, Gibbs."...He tosses a vial to Gibbs..."She even drew a smiley face on the label...and you say I picked the psycho's, Boss."
Tony, Ziva and Gibbs ride down the elevator to Abby
"Abby should have something by now, Boss."
They get off.
"What ya got, Abby?" Gibbs and Tony together
"Gibbs, Tony." She moves her hands up and down, trying to choose which to answer...when Tony takes a step back.
"The hospital sent me the results for McGee's stomach contents, seems he had cookies that were laced with salmonella."
"Someone did it on purpose?"
"Looks that way, Gibbs."
The elevator dings as Ziva turns around, realizing Tony is gone. She walks towards the elevator.
"Tony? Where are you going?"
"This is Gibbs' investigation to run, I'm heading to see McGee."
"Want me to go with you?"
"No, help Gibbs...he'll need your help."
"He's gonna need us both, Tony."
Tony nods as Ziva reaches her arm out, stopping the doors from closing..."Tony, you're the leader of OUR team, we need you."
"Ziva."...Gibbs calls out, she quickly turns and the elevator door closes, she turns around and hits the door..."Harah!"...she walks back into the lab.
"Where's Tony?"
"He went to see McGee...looks like you're running the investigation, Gibbs."
"I didn't want this, Ziva."
"Tony wants you to have it."
Gibbs lowers his head..."Lets go."...as he walks out of the lab, Ziva quickly follows him.
"Where are we going?"
"I want to see the crime scene...do you have the photos?"
"They're on Tony's desk."
Gibbs pushes the 2nd floor button and the elevator rises...they get off on the squad room and Gibbs grabs the photos and they leave via the elevator.
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Tony walks into McGee's room, he's now awake.
"Hey, Boss."...his voice really straining
"Don't talk, Tim...just nod."
"Do you remember getting cookies this morning?"
McGee nods yes.
"Anything odd about it?"
McGee writes down on a piece of paper: "The girl who worked there was new."
"How is that odd?"
McGee writes again: "I go there every weekday, Boss. I've never seen her before."
"Ok, I'll check it out...how is Ruby holding up?"
McGee shakes his hand back and forth.
"So-so?"
He nods.
"This was Charlotte's Cookies, right?"
McGee nods, then closes his eyes and falls asleep.
Tony leaves...
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Gibbs and Ziva outside the 7/11 where Mann was murdered.
"It's wide open."...Gibbs looks at pictures..."No one in their right mind would kill someone right here, unless they want caught."
"Tony said Abby found traces of bar mix on Mann's fingers."...she walks up the street..."No where the closest bar is?"
"There's one just around the corner."
Gibbs and Ziva walk to the front of the bar...and go inside...they walk up to the bartender..."Who was tending bar last Friday night?"
"I was, what's this about?"
"Did any cops talk to you?"
"About that murder? Nope."
"Do you recognize this woman?"...Gibbs shows him a picture of Mann.
"Yeah, she was in here that night...I've seen her a few times, big time flirter. Wait, she was the one that died?"
Gibbs then shows him a picture of Jenny..."Was she here that night?"
"I really can't be certain, there was a redheaded woman in here that night, it could've been her, she had on a Nationals' baseball cap. Some guy grabbed her ass and she slugged him in the face, that's why I remember her."
"Take another look."
"Yeah, man, I don't know, it could've been her, I'm not sure."
"Do you know the guy who got punched?"
"Nope, he wasn't a regular."
"One last thing, do you have a security cam?"
"Nope, sorry."
"The police didn't even look for another suspect."
"Very shoddy police work, yes?"
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Tony arrives at Charlotte's Cookies.
"Are you the manager?"...Tony shows her his badge
"I'm Charlotte, what can I do for you?"
"Do you know a Timothy McGee?"
"Yes, he's one of regular customers."
"We got sick off one of your cookies this morning, salmonella poisoning."
"What? Are you serious!?"
"Yes, but I think it was done deliberately. McGee mentioned there was a new girl working the counter."
"Yes, ummm."...she looks at a chart..."Mary Keith, but she quit."
"She quit?"
"Yes, she only worked for about 2 hours, then she wrote me a note saying her throat was hurting, she couldn't speak and she was quitting."
"Didn't you find that just a tad odd?"
"I'm been selling cookies here for 30 years and I've had well over a 500 employees, nothing is odd to me anymore."
"Did you train her?"
"No. Sarah, come here please."
"Yes, Charlotte?"
"You trained Mary Keith, right?"
"Sorta, she knew how to do everything, it was like she knew how to do it before I taught her."
"You find anything odd about her?"
"She was extremely quiet, the only time I heard her talk was on the phone and she whispered...I hired her, because she was great at the job. She was doing a great job, then I heard from Charlotte that she quit, I even went to talk to her and she had already left."
"You have photo IDs of all your employees? Can I get hers?"
"Yes, of course."...Charlotte goes through her records..."Hmm, it's not here."...she then notices something different..."That's odd."
"Something wrong?"
"Yes, the past two days security DVDs are missing."
"Who has access to your office?"
"Everyone, it's never locked during the day."
"Who in the hell are you Mary Keith?"...Tony turns around and looks directly across from the cookie shop seeing people standing in line..."Lets find out."...as he walks across the street.
Tony walks into Abby's lab and hands her a DVD.
"ATM camera, December 26th. Belated Christmas gift, Tony?"
"She'll be on the left counter, I need it ASAP, Abs...and here's your caf-pow."...he hands it to her.
Tony starts to leave..."Where are you going?"
Tony stops and turns around..."Don't tell me you got it already?"
"Yep."
Tony moves back to Abby at her computer..."Pretty fuzzy, can you clear that up?"
Abby looks at Tony...
"Please?"
She continues looking at him.
"NOW!"
"Better!"
Caitlin coughs as Abby rocks her cradle with left foot.
"How's Caitlin?"
"She's been missing you."
"Really?"...as Tony walks over and picks her up..."How is my little Katie-poo?"...he kisses her on forehead..."She been running a fever, she feels a little hot."
"99.9, I checked her temp 26 minutes and 14 seconds ago."
"You definitely spent too much time with Reid."
"Oh, I'm glad you reminded me, he said he'd have his answer by this Friday. I think he's leaning towards yes, we're having dinner on Friday."
"Thanks for the heads up."
Abby continues to click away at her computer..."I just love these new software programs the DoD gave us."
"Nice job, she's really coming into focus."...He rocks Caitlin back and forth in his arms..."When you get her picture, put out a BOLO for a 5'3-5'5 redhead, possibly wearing a Nationals' baseball cap and check all law enforcement, including foreign, maybe someone knows who this is."
Caitlin nibbles on Tony's finger..."You don't have any toothers yet, Katie. No, you don't. Toothers, toothers, toothers!"...She giggles and he kisses her on the forehead multiple times then sets her back in her cradle.
He kisses Abby on the cheek..."Great job, as always, Abby."...he pauses..."Abby, who kiss...nevermind."...Tony starts to walk out.
"You do, Tony."
"Heh. Bet you'd say Gibbs if he asked you."...as he continues out the door.
Abby laughs..."Probably."
Tony steps off the elevator and walks towards his desk, but he stops and notices Gibbs sitting at his desk, he lightly sighs and then continues on.
"I got something, Boss."...as he kneels against McGee's desk..."Abby's working on the video now, but we should have a picture of Mann's killer soon enough."
"How do you know it's Mann's killer?"
"I just do, Boss...I got this tingling sensation in my netherregions."
"Probably some kind of VD, DiNozzo."
"I've never had a VD in my life, if you must know."
"Shocking, but you were on a herpes website."
Tony sighs..."Worst 3 weeks of my life."
"Herpes website?"
"No time, Z...anyway, the picture is of the girl who gave McGeek the tainted cookies."
"How do you know it's her?"
"Well, she stole the security DVDs, plus took every single aspect of her even being there."
"Ziva, put out a BOLO."
"Already did it, Boss."
Gibbs starts looking through papers on Tony's desk...and he tosses all of them into the air..."I just can't just sit around and do nothing."...Gibbs stands up and goes up the stairs and into his office.
Tony starts picking up his papers, but Ziva stops him..."Go talk to him, he needs you now."
"You think so?"
"Yeah, I'll get this."...as she starts picking them up.
Tony runs up the stairs and goes into Cynthia's office..."Good luck."
Tony walks through the door, then closes it...Tony then leans against the wall.
"What do you want DiNozzo?"...Gibbs looks up...then back down...
"Jen keeps doing this to me, first France, then the whole Frog thing, what a bastard...then the Bahamas."...Gibbs sighs..."The Bahamas, the worst 5 days of my life and it was suppose to be our honeymoon. Woman are such a pain in the ass!"
Gibbs stands up..."But they smell so damn good and their skin, so smooth and their hair. What is it with me and redheads? Why did I even get involved with Mann? I hate the Army, bunch of A-holes."
Tony is silent..."Aren't you gonna say anything?"...Gibbs sits back down and sighs..."I'm too old, I'm too damn tired and just can't do it anymore. My damn leg throbs at just the thought of bad weather. God help me if it snow. My eyes are shot, christ, I'm falling apart."...he pounds his fist on his desk..."Never become me, Tony, it'll be the end of you."
Tony walks over behind Gibbs' desk and slaps Gibbs on the back of the head then leaves.
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The next morning...
The red hair woman lies in bed, her arm drenched over the body of the dark haired woman, whose face is hidden, facing downward.
The red haired woman rises, putting on a white t-shirt, she walks into the bathroom, she moves across the doorway, she's now wearing black skin-tight spandex pants, her hair now in a ponytail. She walks back into the room, she takes her custom made knife harness off the door handle grabbing her blue windbreaker then places her knife harness back on the doorknob and then grabs her Nationals' ballcap as she works her left foot into her running shoe. She slips the other one on, then she quickly moves down the stairs and out the door, she starts jogging down the street.
Ziva rises from bed, taking the sheets with her, Tony lies on his stomach, naked. She tosses them behind her, they fall across Tony's midriff. She stretches, her back cracks, she grabs her Super Bitch t-shirt and puts it on, she then walks into the bathroom yawning, she grabs a rubber band and puts her hair into a ponytail. She grabs a pair of her jogging pants that are on top of the hamper and brings them to her nose, she smells them and makes a funny face, then shrugs and puts them on.
She looks into the mirror and then turns on the faucet, splashing water in her face..."Ugh...I look like harah!"...she pauses..."Feel like it, too."
Ziva moves back into her bedroom, Tony still sleeps peacefully as she sits on the edge of the bed and puts on her shoes.
She opens the door and closes it, she passes by Flotz, betting him on the way down the stairs, she grabs her jacket and keys. Finally grabbing her NCIS hat, she places it on backwards, then unlocks the front door and goes outside, she locks it and starts jogging down her street..."Do I really want to go 15 miles today? Come on, Ziva. You do it to look good, to feel good and you don't want flabby ass, do you?"...as she pumps her arms while jogging.
The red haired woman turns onto a paved trail, running along the water, she jogs past Ziva who's jogging the other way.
Ziva stops and jogs in place, thinking she's seen her some place..."That hat."...Ziva starts jogging after her, she catches up with her after about a mile.
The red haired woman ducks into a convenience store, she comes out drinking a bottle of Gatorade as Ziva hides behind a car.
She starts running again and Ziva follows her. she gets about 15 feet behind her when the red haired woman stumbles after stepping in a pot hole, she turns around to see a now motionless Ziva watching her. Suddenly she starts running as fast as she can and Ziva runs after her.
"Stop!"...Ziva yells, but the red haired woman continues running as fast she can, turning onto a street, she jumps over a fence and kicks in a door and goes inside.
Ziva quickly follows her, she places her hands on top of the fence and hops over it, then runs threw the door, the red haired woman stands in the kitchen, she has chef's knife in her right hand and a cleaver in her left, she's breathing hard.
"Put them down NOW!" ...as Ziva looks up at people coming down the stairs..."I'm NCIS, get out of here and call the police!" The red haired woman moved quickly forward swiping at Ziva with the chef's knife. Ziva jumps to her right, hitting her with the back of her right hand in the face. She brings the cleaver up quickly slicing the front of Ziva's jacket. Ziva feels her chest, then looks at her hand, she's not bleeding.
The red haired woman backs up, grabbing the woman who just came down the stairs.
"Let her go, this is between you and me!"
She pushes the lady into Ziva, knocking her down and runs out the back.
Ziva quickly gets up..."Are you ok?"
The woman nods, Ziva moves to the kitchen, picking up a knife..."I'll bring this back!"...She then dashes out the back door.
As soon as Ziva takes a step out of the door, the chef's knife flies directly at her head, she quickly moves, but the edge of the knife slices into her cheek, a trickle of blood now on her shoulder. Ziva slides her hand up her face, a line of blood from the top of her middle finger to past her wrist rest upon her hand.
The red haired woman stands 15 feet from her, she twirls the cleaver in her hand.
Ziva stares at her, she brings her hand to her face and licks from her wrist to the tip of her middle finger. She slowly drops all of her fingers except the middle one, she kisses her middle finger then quickly dashes towards the red haired woman.
The red haired woman takes a step back as Ziva closes in, Ziva holds the knife in her left hand, she flips it so the end is pointing downward. Ziva leads with her left foot, she jump slashes, the red haired woman extends her leg, her foot hits Ziva in the chest, Ziva falls back..."Yer gonna 'av ter be better than dat."...She swings down with the cleaver and Ziva rolls to right, the cleaver sticks in the ground as Ziva rolls back leading with her left elbow she smashed down on the middle of the red haired woman arm, making her release the handle. Ziva rolls back on her shoulder then does a nip-up kicking her in the chest.
The red haired woman falls backwards, she quickly does a nip-up as Ziva gets to her feet. The red haired woman nods as she brushes grass and dirt off her chest, then takes a few steps back and to the side, getting behind circular patio table. She raises both of her hands and makes a 'come on gesture with both of them.
Ziva stands breathing hard, she doesn't budge an inch, her ponytail has come undo, her hair blows wildly in the wind.
"Afraid?"
"No, just not stupid."...as Ziva circles around the table.
The red haired woman grabs the table, shoving it into the Ziva, Ziva puts her hands on the table, but the red haired woman lifts up on the edge of the table and tosses it on Ziva then runs back into the house.
Ziva knocks it to the side and goes after her.
The red haired woman jumps over the fence again and starts running down the street.
Ziva runs through the house and jumps over the fence and continues her chase.
The red haired woman reaches the street she started from, she quickly runs into the house. The dark haired woman stands at the top of the stairs..."What are you doing?"
The red haired woman breaths in and out rapidly as she quickly makes her way up the stairs, just then the door is kicked in. Ziva stands in the doorway.
"Who the hell are you?"
Ziva takes a few steps into the house..."Special Agent DiNozzo, NCIS."
"DiNozzo?"...as she's pulled back into the room, the door slams shut.
The red haired woman now wears her custom made knives, she pulls a knife from under her left breast, it's shines in the light, she twirls around her fingers..."Bleedin' time."
The red haired woman quickly opens the door and throws a knife, it sticks in the wall, hitting nothing, Ziva is nowhere in sight.
She slowly start down the stairs as she takes out another knife from under her right breast, she twirls it between her fingers. Ziva reaches through the banister and pulls her leg out from under her, she falls back, making a huge thud, Ziva grabs her throat and chokes her, she moves her right hand up slicing Ziva's arm, making her let go, Ziva backs up and lies on top of a round kitchen table grabbing her right arm with her left hand, putting pressure on the cut. The red haired woman rises and quickly moves down the stairs. She grabs the knife she threw earlier and she twirls them both.
Ziva rolls backwards, landing behind the table, the red haired woman launches both knives at Ziva, she lifts the round table, the knives enter it as she rushes towards her, knocking her back into the wall and then to the ground. She tosses it on top of her, but she kicks back, Ziva backs up as the red haired woman tosses the table to the side, Ziva moves in, she kicks the red haired woman in the chest, then kicks upward, connecting under her chin as Ziva does a backflip, knocking the red haired woman back into the wall.
The red haired woman touches the back of her head and brings her hand forward, her hand soaked in blood. She spins on her back, so her head is towards Ziva, Ziva moves in, as the red haired woman does a nip-up, her feet them hit the wall, where she pushes off, then turns in air and kicks Ziva in the side of the head.
Ziva stumbles back..."Impressive."
The red haired woman now on one knee pulls a long blade from her left hip, it has handle that is carved out of some kind of bone..."Dis is me favorite cutty knife, 'er name is Maggie an' she 'asn't tasted blud in a couple 'ours."...she twirls it, then slashes at Ziva, then laughs.
"I'd ask you where you got that, but I'll just takes yours after I KILL you."
The red haired woman's eyebrows raise, then she attacks furiously, Ziva grabs a chair and the knife slices through the wood like it's butter. Ziva moves back, her back is to the stove, she grabs a cast iron skillet and holds it up as the knife comes down, knife glances off, Ziva then swings as hard as can, striking her in the face, blood squirts from the red haired woman's face. She looks at Ziva and spits a tooth at her.
She laughs, then pulls another long blade from her right hip..."Say 'owaya ter, Mary."...as she twirls them both, Ziva looks on with disbelief.
The red haired woman crosses her arms then pulls them apart quickly going after Ziva's head, Ziva slides forward, kicking the red haired woman's legs out from under her, she falls forward, she stumbles, she puts her arms out to catch herself, she strikes the stoves with her blades, rupturing a gas line, the stove catches on fire, she quickly turns around swinging at Ziva once again. The dark haired lady screams..."FIRE!"...as she moves down the stairs and out the front door.
The red haired woman turns towards the stove as Ziva sprints at her and jumps in the air, she lifts her knees and strikes her in the middle of the back, she slams into the stove, her shirt and hair catch fire as Ziva lands on her feet and moves back, the red haired woman turns around still swinging as hard as she can, Ziva jumps back dodging her slashes.
The stove then erupts in the sea of flame, the explosion knocks Ziva into the wall, she slides down the wall to a sitting position, she then falls over leaving her upper half in the doorway.
Ziva shakes her head as she pulls herself up on the front door handle, a car speeds away, Ziva looks and sees a gray sedan, she tries to focus but only gets the first two letters in the license plate, D1.
The red haired woman lies under debris, she moans. The house quickly fills with smoke. Ziva moves over grabbing her by the wrists and she pulls her out of the house. Ziva runs back in and searches for her knives, she finds the table and pulls both knives out and then grabs her larger blades and makes her way out of the house.
The red haired woman stands as Ziva comes out, Ziva coughs trying to catch her breath, the red haired woman takes a step forward then falls backwards, her hair still smoldering, her shirt baked into her chest.
Ziva kneels beside her and takes long breaths, the fire department arrives along with a police cruiser.
"Ma'am, are you all right?"
Ziva doesn't respond..."Ma'am?"...the fireman puts his hands on her shoulder...Ziva looks up at him.
"Are you alright?"...Ziva sees his lips moving, but she doesn't hear anything.
"WHAT!?"...She yelled
"ARE YOU ALRIGHT!?"
Ziva throws her hands up.
Ziva still holding the knives..."DO YOU HAVE A BAG!?"
A paramedic arrives and comes up to Ziva and the fireman..."She can't hear."
The paramedic grabs her by the arm...and Ziva turns around..."SHE'S UNDER ARREST!"
The fireman brings her over a large bag and she places the knives inside it and holds them to her chest..."THANK YOU!"
The paramedic sits her on the tailgate of the ambulance and looks her over..."WHY HASN'T EVERYONE CUFFED HER!?"...Ziva points to the red haired woman, who's now being look at by another paramedic.
The paramedic gives Ziva a pad and pencil...Ziva writes: "I'm an NCIS agent, she's a murderer!"
The paramedic runs over to the police and hand them the note. The two police officers head over to Ziva.
One of them writes: "Murder of who?"
Ziva looks up at them, then at the pad..."HOLLIS MANN!"
"I thought they caught the woman responsible for her death?"...one cop said to another.
"WELL!?"
The cop tries to take the knives from her...but Ziva refuses to let them go.
"ARREST HER!"
The cops head over to the red haired woman.
"How is she?"
"She's got some third degree burns, but she should live."
"I'm gonna rides in with you, she's a murder suspect."
"Ok."...as they lift her up on a stretcher and then more her to an ambulance.
Ziva lays her head back and lets out a sigh of relief...the driver closes the back door, the ambulances sirens turn as it drives off to the hospital.
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20 minutes later
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Tony and Gibbs with their weapons drawn slowly move to the back of the ambulance, a dead paramedic lies by the passenger seat door, a long bloody hand mark is smeared along the outside of the ambulance. Gibbs opens the door, a dead police officer is inside, an IV is shoved into his jugular. There's a massive blood pool underneath him. Behind the ambulance is another dead officer, his neck his broken and his weapon is missing and so is his police cruiser.
"She has a hostage."
"I don't think so, Boss."...Tony turns away from the ambulance...in the distance is a man lying on the ground...Tony runs and kneels beside him..."He's dead."
Tony walks back as Gibbs closes his phone..."GOD DAMN IT!"
The next day
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Tony stands next to Ziva's hospital bed, she awakens, Tony leans down and kisses her, she extends her hand and caresses his face.
"You have to shave."
"I know."
"I can hear."
"You ear drums were damaged, the doctor gave you some meds, your hearing isn't all the way back yet, so take it easy."
"What happened to the knives?"
"Abby has them."
"Good."...she closes her eyes.
"Jenny was cleared because of you, Z. You did an amazing job, baby."
She grabs Tony's hand and holds it..."Your hands are so warm."...she brings his hand up to her face.
"Ziva...she got away."
She wraps her fingers around his wrist and squeezes and opens her eyes wide, then closes them.
"How?"
"She killed the paramedics and her police escort."
Ziva sighs..."I should've killed her."
"Shhh, it's not your fault."
"Find her, Tony."
Tony leans down and kisses her again..."I will."
She puts her hand on the back of his head, gripping his hair with her fingers..."And you kill the kalba!"